[HTML][HTML] The human virome: assembly, composition and host interactions

G Liang, FD Bushman - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The human body hosts vast microbial communities, termed the microbiome. Less well
known is the fact that the human body also hosts vast numbers of different viruses …

[HTML][HTML] The human gut bacteria Christensenellaceae are widespread, heritable, and associated with health

JL Waters, RE Ley - BMC biology, 2019 - Springer
The Christensenellaceae, a recently described family in the phylum Firmicutes, is emerging
as an important player in human health. The relative abundance of Christensenellaceae in …

[HTML][HTML] The person-to-person transmission landscape of the gut and oral microbiomes

M Valles-Colomer, A Blanco-Míguez, P Manghi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The human microbiome is an integral component of the human body and a co-determinant
of several health conditions,. However, the extent to which interpersonal relations shape the …

Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a Dutch population

R Gacesa, A Kurilshikov, A Vich Vila, T Sinha… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiome is associated with diverse diseases,–, but a universal signature of a
healthy or unhealthy microbiome has not been identified, and there is a need to understand …

Identification of antimicrobial peptides from the human gut microbiome using deep learning

Y Ma, Z Guo, B Xia, Y Zhang, X Liu, Y Yu, N Tang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The human gut microbiome encodes a large variety of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), but
the short lengths of AMPs pose a challenge for computational prediction. Here we combined …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-cohort gut microbiome associations with immune checkpoint inhibitor response in advanced melanoma

KA Lee, AM Thomas, LA Bolte, JR Björk… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The composition of the gut microbiome has been associated with clinical responses to
immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment, but there is limited consensus on the specific …

[HTML][HTML] A faecal microbiota signature with high specificity for pancreatic cancer

E Kartal, TSB Schmidt, E Molina-Montes… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Background Recent evidence suggests a role for the microbiome in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC) aetiology and progression. Objective To explore the faecal and …

Microbiome connections with host metabolism and habitual diet from 1,098 deeply phenotyped individuals

F Asnicar, SE Berry, AM Valdes, LH Nguyen… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiome is shaped by diet and influences host metabolism; however, these links
are complex and can be unique to each individual. We performed deep metagenomic …

[HTML][HTML] Combined effects of host genetics and diet on human gut microbiota and incident disease in a single population cohort

Y Qin, AS Havulinna, Y Liu, P Jousilahti, SC Ritchie… - Nature Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Human genetic variation affects the gut microbiota through a complex combination of
environmental and host factors. Here we characterize genetic variations associated with …

Towards the biogeography of prokaryotic genes

LP Coelho, R Alves, ÁR Del Río, PN Myers… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Microbial genes encode the majority of the functional repertoire of life on earth. However,
despite increasing efforts in metagenomic sequencing of various habitats,–, little is known …